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> It's racism, pure and simple. It is, and I'm convinced it's lasted so long because it's fueled on both sides -- on the Japanese side by nihonjin-ron (the bel
by sdrothrock 8y ago
> It's racism, pure and simple.
It is, and I'm convinced it's lasted so long because it's fueled on both sides -- on the Japanese side by nihonjin-ron (the belief that Japanese people MUST have unique things that nobody else has) and on the US side by the lingering effects of the Chrysanthemum and Sword, which started the fetishification of "Japanese exotic-ness."